Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 161 Summary Meeting of the First Year of Chuping

"The construction work of Beihai County was also divided into two parts."

Firstly, there is the construction of Beihai New City.

As per our lord's request, Beihai New City will become our capital in the future, and it needs to accommodate three million people.

The main structure of the city is now complete, but the construction of auxiliary facilities is also a huge undertaking.

It is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

Secondly, there is the construction work of the seventeen county towns in Beihai County, excluding Beihai New City.

As per the lord's request, each of these seventeen county towns, like the twelve cities in Taishan County, must have the capacity to accommodate a million people.

Of these cities, seven have already begun construction, while the remaining ten are still in the process of demolishing the old city.

Construction is not expected to be completed until the end of the year after next.

In addition to these two central tasks that need to be reported, two key tasks also need to be reported.

One of them is the population census.

The total registered population under the jurisdiction of our army is currently 1325 million.

Among them, there are 135 million elderly people aged 55 and above.

There are 217 million children under the age of 16.

The number of young and middle-aged men and women who are available for use is 973 million.

Among them are 50 military households, 527 million industrial households, 393 million agricultural households, and 3 administrative personnel.

Secondly, there is the family planning work.

The family planning work of our army has two objectives.

One measure was to encourage people to have more children.

Secondly, it encourages people to adopt more children.

The former goes without saying; only when the people have more children can we have a larger population and gather more dragon energy.

The latter was due to frequent wars and a large number of orphans. Relying solely on government adoption was not only a huge burden but also detrimental to the children's healthy development.

Ideally, people should be able to adopt orphans; this would kill two birds with one stone.

The government would reward people for having more children or adopting more children.

For every couple with two or more children, the government would reward them with 50 kilograms of rice per month for each additional child.

At present, it's not clear whether there are policies to encourage more births, since the period is relatively short and not many children have been born yet.

However, the policies encouraging adoption have already shown initial results, with a large number of orphans being adopted and finding new families.

"Well, the Ministry of Government Affairs has done a very good job. I have nothing to say about the first three tasks, except for the last one, the family planning task."

You must strengthen supervision, especially for families that adopt orphans. You should send dedicated investigators to establish files for orphans and adoptive parents, and conduct regular home visits to ensure that they are not abused or enslaved by their adoptive parents.

It is important to understand that our initial intention in establishing the adoption mechanism was to leverage the power of the community to help these orphans grow up healthier.

It's not like they're finding a few new slaves for those beastly parents.

"Any instance of exploitation, enslavement, or adoption of orphans discovered will be dealt with severely without exception!" Ji Qiu said in a deep voice.

Zhuge Gui nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Next, let Zhicai tell us about the situation in the Military Affairs Department!" Ji Qiu asked.

Xi Zhicai stood up and said, "The central task of the Military Affairs Department this year is to carry out the reform of the entire army."

This restructuring is divided into two main parts.

First, a new military rank system will be implemented.

Like the civil service ranks, it is also divided into nine ranks and thirty-six levels.

Soldiers must reach the corresponding rank of scholar and make sufficient contributions in order to obtain the corresponding military rank.

Military rank represents their treatment and the military positions they are eligible to hold.

Secondly, the system of separating combat training from actual combat is implemented.

The original Wei Wu, Xianzhen, Shandi, Langqi, and Tieqi formations were abolished, and all strong military units were unified into the Zhige Army.

In peacetime, all military units will receive unified training.

The commander-in-chief only has command authority during wartime.

Both tasks are now in their final stages.

Our army has a total of 90,000 troops dedicated to stopping war.

It should be mentioned that all soldiers of the Zhige Army must also master three powerful military techniques: the Imperial Guards, the Yellow Turban Warriors, and the Gentlemen.

Based on these three secret techniques for strengthening the military, other secret techniques can be cultivated according to one's role.

Therefore, only soldiers who can master the three powerful military techniques of the Imperial Guards, the Yellow Turban Warriors, and the Gentlemen can become the Ceasefire Army!

The basic training resources for the three powerful military techniques—the Imperial Guards, the Yellow Turban Warriors, and the Gentlemen—are all the most ordinary grains.

However, these three secret techniques for strengthening the military not only require basic training resources, but also special training resources.

The secret arts of the Imperial Guards require honor.

The Yellow Turban Warriors' secret techniques require faith.

The secret arts of a gentleman require a benevolent heart.

To the other feudal lords, these demands were extremely demanding conditions.

But in Ji Qiu's view, are these requirements the basic criteria for selecting talent?
If a scholar possesses not only great honor, but also unwavering faith and a benevolent heart.

That would naturally make them the most steadfast supporters of Ji Qiu.

Not to mention, practicing these three secret techniques can also grant one extremely powerful strength.

Therefore, Ji Qiu not only intends to use these three secret techniques to build the foundation of his powerful army, but also to promote these three secret techniques among the people under his rule in the future!
Those who can master all three of these secret arts will become good citizens.

Those who cannot pursue both are commoners.

In the future, all the people under his rule who want to join the military, politics, business, or any other high-level profession will first have to become good citizens!

Of course, the future is bright, the road is tortuous, the goal is ambitious, and the reality is practical.

Such a policy cannot be introduced directly at present; preliminary preparations must be made first.

At the same time, not all soldiers of the strong army can meet the selection criteria of the Ceasefire Army.

Therefore, after Ji Qiu integrated the surrendered strong troops in the new territory, the total number of Zhige Army decreased instead of increasing, which resulted in only 90,000 Zhige Army.

Fortunately, there are no major battles around him at the moment.

Moreover, as time goes on, the size of his powerful military forces will certainly increase rapidly.

“Very good, next Fengxiao will talk about the situation of the Ministry of Security.” Ji Qiu gestured for Xi Zhong to sit down, and then said to Guo Jia.

The Security Department was formerly the Internal Affairs Department. Since the Internal Affairs Department was mainly responsible for internal security work, Ji Qiu simply changed its name.

Minister of Security Guo Jia stood up and said, "The central task of the Ministry of Security has always been the same: to ensure internal security."

However, it can be divided into two aspects.

Firstly, there is counter-espionage work. As our military continues to grow stronger, the number of spies and undercover agents sent by various forces to gather intelligence on our military is also increasing.

This year alone, the Ministry of State Security has destroyed 132 intelligence outposts and arrested 3257 intelligence agents from various parties.

Secondly, it was to suppress those powerful clans within the family who still harbored treacherous intentions.

Every time our army gains new territory, it carries out the relocation of civilians. Its main purpose is to suppress powerful families who have deep-rooted networks of influence in the local area.

This work has been very effective, greatly weakening the power of the local powerful families.

However, this cannot completely eliminate these resistance forces; many people still harbor treacherous intentions.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of State Security has arrested a total of 21783 members of the resistance movement.

The appropriate action has been taken in accordance with the law!

"Very good. The work of the Security Department may not seem very conspicuous, but it is an important guarantee for our army to continuously move from one victory to another."

The military's achievements today are largely due to the contributions of Feng Xiaohe and the Ministry of State Security!
"I hope you will continue your efforts and achieve even greater success!" Ji Qiu encouraged.

Guo Jia said in a deep voice, "Thank you for your praise, my lord. On behalf of all members of the Security Department, I would like to express my determination to continue our efforts and make new contributions in the future!"

"Then let Wenhe talk about the intelligence department," Ji Qiu said, gesturing for Guo Jia to sit down.

The Internal Affairs Department was renamed the Security Department, and the External Affairs Department was naturally renamed the Intelligence Department.

Because their main job is to collect external intelligence.

Jia Xu stood up and said, "The central task of the intelligence department has always been only one thing: to collect intelligence."

Currently, the intelligence department has a thorough understanding of the various forces within the Kyushu Barrier.

Recently, the power structure within the Kyushu Barrier has undergone significant changes.

The main changes occurred in the Hebei and Central Plains regions.

In the Hebei region, Yuan Shao has replaced Han Fu as the governor of Ji Province and has occupied the entire territory of Ji Province.

Meanwhile, Gongsun Zan also occupied the entire territory of Youzhou.

The two sides are locked in a standoff, each wanting to seize the entire territory of Hebei.

In terms of military strength, Gongsun Zan currently holds the upper hand.

He commanded over 100,000 White Horse Cavalry, all seasoned and battle-hardened troops, far more effective than Yuan Shao's newly trained halberdiers.

However, Yuan Shao controlled a larger territory and population, and was more supported by the local powerful families.

Therefore, analyzing the future development direction of the Hebei region, if Gongsun Zan cannot take advantage of his early advantages and quickly defeat Yuan Shao, he will probably be defeated by Yuan Shao in the end!
In the Central Plains region, our army is naturally the strongest.

Currently, it directly controls the entire territory of Qingzhou, as well as the three prefectures of Taishan, Langya, and Donghai, totaling nine prefectures and kingdoms.

If we add the three commanderies under Liu Bei's rule, that makes twelve commanderies and kingdoms.

Below our army is Yuan Shu.

He has already occupied Nanyang Commandery and the entire territory of Yu Province, excluding Lu Province.

It directly governs six prefectures and kingdoms.

He also gained the allegiance of Tao Qian of Xuzhou and Liu Dai of Yanzhou, who each currently control three counties.

Therefore, the area that Yuan Shu could nominally control was the same twelve counties as our army.

Although both Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu possessed twelve commanderies, Yuan Shu controlled Nanyang and Runan, two of the most populous commanderies in the land. Therefore, in the eyes of most people, Yuan Shu's strength was superior to ours.

"If the people of the world think that Yuan Shu is stronger than us, then let them continue to think that way."

This is a good thing for us.

At present, our army does not need too many empty titles. The main thing is to adhere to the principle of building high walls, storing up grain, and delaying the declaration of kingship.

We must always remember that these warlords in the chaos within the Nine Provinces Barrier are not our true enemies.

Our true enemy lies beyond Kyushu!

As for whether this will affect our ability to attract talent.

I think there's no need to worry either. A mediocre person who can't even tell whether we're stronger or weaker than Yuan Shu is not worth our effort!

As for the intelligence department, you've already investigated most of the forces within the Kyushu barrier.

That means it's time to expand beyond Kyushu.

Ultimately, we will have to fight our way out.

In military operations, intelligence comes first. We can't be completely unaware of the situation outside before we even launch our attack!
Of course, while investigating intelligence outside of Kyushu, we must not neglect intelligence work within Kyushu itself.

After all, our current enemies are the warlords in the chaotic world within the Nine Provinces.

"The clearer our understanding of them, the easier the process of unifying the Nine Provinces will be in the future!" Ji Qiu said calmly.

Jia Xu nodded quickly and said, "Yes, the intelligence department will definitely follow the lord's orders and do a good job in intelligence work inside and outside the Nine Provinces!"

"Now, let's hear from Minister of Industry Zao Zhi," Ji Qiu said.

Zao Zhi stood up and said, "The Ministry of Industry has two main achievements this year."

Firstly, as of now, the Ministry of Industry has 2.37 million industrial workers of various types!
These industrialists have given us the ability to produce 478 kinds of dragon energy materials, 96 kinds of dragon artifacts, and 13 kinds of dragon energy buildings!
We can achieve self-sufficiency in all the daily necessities and equipment needed by the military!
Secondly, under the guidance of our lord, we established supporting facilities for Beihai New City, namely the Beihai Industrial Park.

This is an industrial park mainly composed of private enterprises.

They mainly produced various dragon-themed artifacts for people's daily lives.

Currently, there are 724 enterprises in the park, which can produce more than 10,000 pieces of various daily necessities.

It can meet the daily needs of all the people in our country!

The ruling model of Ji Qiu is actually somewhat similar to that of state-owned enterprises in the modern world.

However, while the state-owned enterprise model is powerful, it also has its drawbacks.

The most significant drawback is its rigidity and the potential for the emergence of a bureaucratic capitalist class.

Although Ji Qiu had already tried many methods to eliminate these problems, including but not limited to replacing the old-style bureaucrats with his followers and the previously proposed system of good citizens.

However, this still makes it difficult to fundamentally solve these problems.

Therefore, Ji Qiu ultimately decided to introduce the private economy, using private enterprises to revitalize the market, while also serving as an important supplement to state-owned enterprises.

Besides stimulating the market, this move also aims to give both established families and ordinary heroes an opportunity to showcase their talents.

Ji Qiu had long understood that he could not completely eliminate the aristocratic families.

Even if they are eliminated, other social classes will take their place.

From the very first day that human society emerged, classes have existed.

Since it is destined that it cannot be eliminated, then we should choose effective control.

This allowed these powerful families and capable heroes to get involved in the business world, while the government, acting as a supervisory and guiding force, controlled them from behind the scenes.

This is the experience that the modern Tokyo University model has brought to Ji Qiu.

“Very good, I believe you can do even better. Keep up the good work, the next step is to establish diplomatic relations with the feudal lords and start trade. At that time, I believe that these companies in Beihai Industrial Park will have great potential!” Ji Qiu said with a light laugh.

Zao Zhi nodded and said, "Thank you for your praise, my lord. The Ministry of Industry will work hard."

(End of this chapter)